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by faragon 3248 days ago
My two cents:

- Time don't make you [much] smarter in the "brute force" sense, however it allows you doing less errors, avoiding unnecessary stuff, and in general making you more productive. Also, it allows you to enable others to be more productive, e.g. giving some hint to a coworker so he/she can simplify his work.

- Focus is all: understand the problem, do a good planning, and stick to the plan.

- For critical projects trust people you really know (their capabilities, potential, character, etc.). And DON'T trust people you don't know, in the sense of: tracking, ensuring people know what they are doing and that they're capable, etc.

- The wrong people can ruin any project, no matter how smart you think you are, so: do risk analysis, always.